Most of you will have heard of 'clipping diodes' being references when talking about various distortion/overdrive pedals, but what are they and how do they work? Well, today we're going to give a broad overview of that.

We go through the most common types of clipping diodes as well as discussion symmetrical vs asymmetrical clipping and hard vs soft clipping.

Many thanks to Adam from Chevron Effects for lending us their Honeyburst overdrive for this video.

00:00 - What are clipping diodes?
04:00 - Different type of diodes used for clipping
05:25 - Symmetrical vs asymmetrical clipping
08:20 - Soft vs hard clipping
12:03 - Thanks for watching!

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